No Mistrals For Putin

Gérard Araud In a video interview given to Bloomberg, on the 22nd of Oct, France’s ambassador to the U.S Gerard Araud declared that there is no reason so far to deliver the Mistrals. Here is a transcript of this interview: Does France at this point see any reason to ease up sanctions against Russia? Araud:  No. It's very very clear. We have said that we will accept easing sanctions against Russia only if Russia takes significant steps on the ground in Ukraine and for the moment, unfortunately, we are not seeing them, weapons are still flowing to Ukraine there are still bloody incidents between separatists and the Ukrainian forces so we are still far from it. What's gonna happen with that deal (talking about the Mistral deal)? Araud:  The French president has said again that it will depend on the situation on the ground. We have put the delivery of the Mistral system on hold for the moment so we are looking at the situation. As I have said, there is no reason to ...